1) Austin Rogers is a powerful machine at the DDs ($74,100). He puts Pranjal Vachaspati ($34,810) and pretty much every other current ToC player to shame. He earns two, three, and over that many times much against the other ToC competitors.

2) He pulls off a few situations when he goes "Matt Jackson" about it. Also bets like Matt Jackson on how he would want on his DDs.

3) On The Jeopardy Fan website, each pic of his win is like a "takes it serious" look. He has that straight face, like how Arnold Schwarzenegger kept in the Terminator movies.

4) Has the "Buzzy Cohen" mojo in his Jeopardy! introductions.

5) Has the "Alex Jacob" charm, where he loves to make runaway games. In fact, of his 6 games, 4 were runaway matches.

6) He's second to Pranjal Vachaspati in terms of buzzer speed (43.07%). ((Note: Pranjal is 44.47% on the buzzer.))

7) Set a record for most money wagered in FJ! (AND WON!)

8) Does get some hate/love comments like Matt Jackson, Arthur Chu, and Buzzy Cohen.

9) People have maybe mentioned this guy as the next Ken Jennings because of the way he's played.

10) He amasses $42,950 per game, the (Possible) highest average scored by a Jeopardy! player.

But in your way, what do you think of him?

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I don't find anything wrong with him. He's a little too reckless at times (why did he wager more than 33,600 on FJ on Tuesday), but people often make math mistakes under the lights. It will be interesting to see how far he goes, and whether or not he'll be in November's TOC.

I don't find anything wrong with him. He's a little too reckless at times (why did he wager more than 33,600 on FJ on Tuesday), but people often make math mistakes under the lights. It will be interesting to see how far he goes, and whether or not he'll be in November's TOC.

Disagree that it was a math mistake. Look at his face -- it was an intentional decision. I love it. Jeopardy contestants are often cautious, conservative, and dare i say, boring. I would never want the show to turn into the screaming and clapping or manufactured suspense of other game shows, but a player with flair does not go amiss.

I find him a little too quick to inject his personality into every opportunity, but can't help but think that if I were on the show I would be similarly obnoxious, so I can't hate too much. Otherwise, he's great.

Well, looking at THAT thread was pretty much pointless. 8 pages of discussion on "outchange" and "rift trend"? Well, I only looked at p. 1 and there didn't seem to be any real definition. So I certainly didn't bother reading the rest. If there was ever a real definition, I hope someone will post just THAT as I can't see slogging through EIGHT pages to see if one were ever "given." I did also like dhkendalll's comment, thought

Well, looking at THAT thread was pretty much pointless. 8 pages of discussion on "outchange" and "rift trend"? Well, I only looked at p. 1 and there didn't seem to be any real definition. So I certainly didn't bother reading the rest. If there was ever a real definition, I hope someone will post just THAT as I can't see slogging through EIGHT pages to see if one were ever "given." I did also like dhkendalll's comment, thought

It is just a running joke making fun of an eccentric poster who seems to have limited command of the English language - and most importantly, in this instance displayed sexism as well. We wouldn't be so cruel to someone who was merely eccentric - that could apply to a lot of us!